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Sir Roger Gale vs Sir James Cleverly

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Sir Roger Gale
Sir Roger Gale
Con Herne Bay and Sandwich
vs
Photograph of Sir James Cleverly
Sir James Cleverly
Con Braintree

Voting alignment

Sir Roger Gale and Sir James Cleverly voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 1,185 shared comparable votes.

1,161 same votes 24 different votes 1,185 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
72 Aye 52 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 124 shared votes
72 Aye 52 No
31 Aye 37 No
Transport 100% aligned 68 shared votes
31 Aye 37 No
18 Aye 32 No
Education 100% aligned 50 shared votes
18 Aye 32 No
23 Aye 24 No
Defence 100% aligned 47 shared votes
23 Aye 24 No
22 Aye 23 No
Housing 100% aligned 45 shared votes
22 Aye 23 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 10 No
Environment / Climate 89% aligned 19 shared votes
7 Aye 12 No
30 Aye 30 No
Trade 93% aligned 60 shared votes
32 Aye 28 No
15 Aye 18 No
NHS / Health 94% aligned 33 shared votes
15 Aye 18 No
46 Aye 82 No
Brexit / EU 96% aligned 128 shared votes
47 Aye 81 No
51 Aye 100 No
Tax 99% aligned 151 shared votes
49 Aye 102 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

57.0%
15% below average
Rank 594 of 650
Participation
69.8%
3% below average
Rank 427 of 650
1,377
2,417 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,687
2,417 eligible divisions
636
46.2% of votes cast
Aye votes
791
46.9% of votes cast
741
53.8% of votes cast
No votes
896
53.1% of votes cast
30
2.2% of votes cast
Against party
1
0.1% of votes cast
43 years, 5 months
Since 9 Jun 1983
Commons service
11 years, 6 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

134
+39.5 vs Commons average
Rank 121 of 650
Appearances
57
-37.5 vs Commons average
Rank 449 of 650
119
-45.6 vs Commons average
Rank 334 of 650
Contributions
100
-64.6 vs Commons average
Rank 385 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,582,465
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,020,933
all imported IPSA years
£243,306
8% above average
Latest expenses
£266,795
18% above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
3
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Democracy / Parliament
39 of 47 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
192 of 212 votes
Defence
56 of 71 votes
#2
Transport
81 of 98 votes
Transport
74 of 98 votes
#3
Trade
76 of 94 votes
Housing
48 of 67 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
65 of 82 votes
Trade
66 of 94 votes
#5
Environment / Climate
38 of 49 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No rebel
Health and Care Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 29 30 Mar 2022
NHS / Health
Aye
Aye rebel
Health and Care Bill Report Stage: Amendment 10 23 Nov 2021
NHS / Health
No
No rebel
Treasury update on international aid 13 Jul 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4L 28 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Abortion (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2021 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 4J 27 Apr 2021
Aye
No rebel
Fire Safety Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendments 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E 22 Mar 2021
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 6B and propose amendments (a) to (c) in lieu 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
No rebel
Trade Bill: motion to disagree to Lords Amendment 1B 9 Feb 2021
Trade
Aye
Aye rebel
Environment Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 39 26 Jan 2021
Environment / Climate
No
Where they voted the same
No
Budget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief) 3 Nov 2026
Tax Transport
No
No
Budget Resolution No. 3: Income tax (default, property and savings rates) 3 Nov 2026
Tax
No
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
No
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
No
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
No
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
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